March 2 Day 4-6

Put these events in order from first to last.

• The Montgomery mob beats the riders

• MLK arrives to speak to the riders

• John and the riders are arrested "for their protection"

• Bull Connor delivers the riders to the Tennessee state line

• All the buses into Montgomery are being canceled

Who was Bull Connor?

• The president

• The police chief of Birmingham

• The governor of Alabama

• No one in this book

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Who did the freedom riders have to worry about when they were dropped in Tennessee in the middle of the night?

(a)  

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Match the following

• President

• Bull Connor

• Police Chief

• John Kennedy

• Freedom Rider

• John Lewis

• Federal Agent

• Robert Kennedy

• Attorney General

• John Seigenthaler

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Why did the bus driver NOT want to drive the group into Montgomery?

• He only has one life to live, and didn't want to give it up for CORE

• He had someplace better to be

• He was afraid of the freedom riders

• He was a racist

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

Match the following freedom ride stops to the event.

• Freedom riders arrested by Bull Connor

• Anniston

• Bus bombed and attacked

• Montgomery

• Freedom riders beaten

• Birmingham

After Robert Kennedy asks the riders for a "cooling off period", James Farmer respond with the phrase, "we've been cooling off for 350 years." What does he mean by this?

What happens to the church window?

• Someone hits it with a bat

• It is melted in a fire

• A brick is thrown through it

• Nothing. What window?

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

What does it mean when a city is under "martial law"?

• The police stop responding the emergencies and no one is in charge.

• The white leaders of the city take over and make new laws.

• A guy named Marshall takes over.

• The military takes over governing the city. Civilian rights are limited.

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Who are the KKK and why are they a threat to the freedom riders?